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  • 2016
  • Not Rated
  • Grasshopper Film
  • 1 h 42 m
  • 2016
  • Not Rated
  • Grasshopper Film
  • 1 h 42 m

Summary On the last Wednesday before the spring solstice ushers in the Persian New Year, people set off fireworks following an ancient Zoroastrian tradition. Rouhi, spending her first day at a new job, finds herself in the midst of a different kind of fireworks — a domestic dispute between her new boss and his wife.

Directed By: Asghar Farhadi

Written By: Mani Haghighi, Asghar Farhadi

  • 2016
  • Not Rated
  • Grasshopper Film
  • 1 h 42 m
  • 2016
  • Not Rated
  • Grasshopper Film
  • 1 h 42 m

Fireworks Wednesday (2006)

Metascore Universal Acclaim Based on 18 Critic Reviews
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84
User Score Universal Acclaim Based on 46 User Ratings
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Summary On the last Wednesday before the spring solstice ushers in the Persian New Year, people set off fireworks following an ancient Zoroastrian tradition. Rouhi, spending her first day at a new job, finds herself in the midst of a different kind of fireworks — a domestic dispute between her new boss and his wife.

Directed By: Asghar Farhadi

Written By: Mani Haghighi, Asghar Farhadi

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Metascore
Universal Acclaim Based on 18 Critic Reviews
84
94% Positive
17 Reviews
6% Mixed
1 Review
0% Negative
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Metascore
Universal Acclaim Based on 18 Critic Reviews
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94% Positive
17 Reviews
6% Mixed
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0% Negative
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100
Mar 16, 2016
Few Iranian films have tried to realistically depict both the urban middle and lower classes, and fewer still with the complexity of story telling and depth of characterization in Asghar Farhadi’s impressive third feature, Fireworks Wednesday.
By Deborah Young FULL REVIEW
90
Apr 9, 2016
What pulls us into Fireworks Wednesday is the universality of the emotions its characters display and the familiarity of the situations they find themselves in. Farhadi is a master navigator of these waters, and even his earlier films reward our close attention.
By Kenneth Turan FULL REVIEW
88
Apr 28, 2016
Another complex and magnificently acted melodrama.
By Peter Keough FULL REVIEW
88
Mar 14, 2016
Asghar Farhadi's 2006 film interrogates the tensions between tactility and vision in complex ways.
By Clayton Dillard FULL REVIEW
80
Mar 16, 2016
As with all of Farhadi's films there's a frailty behind his characters, with their insecurities and moral dilemmas bubbling to the surface as the director slowly raises the temperature in this pressure cooker of domestic strife. Nervous editing and sinuous cinematography also give the impression that Farhadi is choreographing his stars rather than directing them.
By Patrick Gamble FULL REVIEW
75
Apr 28, 2016
Mournful, enigmatic and compulsively engrossing, Fireworks Wednesday gives viewers a chance to watch a master at work — before he was acknowledged as a master.
By Ann Hornaday FULL REVIEW
60
Mar 15, 2016
[Farhadi and cowriter Mani Haghighi] prove to be stronger on atmosphere than on structure, aided by crisp, unnerving camerawork.
By Ben Kenigsberg FULL REVIEW

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User Score
Universal Acclaim Based on 46 User Ratings
8.2
85% Positive
39 Ratings
13% Mixed
6 Ratings
2% Negative
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Universal Acclaim Based on 46 User Ratings
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85% Positive
39 Ratings
13% Mixed
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2% Negative
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Production Company Boshra Film
Release Date Mar 16, 2016
Duration 1 h 42 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website http://www.sourehcinema.com/Title/Title.aspx?id=138301170000
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Awards

Fajr Film Festival
• 4 Wins & 5 Nominations
Iran Cinema Celebration
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations
International Online Cinema Awards (INOCA)
• 3 Nominations

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